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Otter-like creature swam rivers in the dinosaur age
Original: Otter-like critter swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaurs
A newly described otter-like animal is reported to have swum in lakes and rivers during the age of dinosaurs, indicating that semi-aquatic mammals or mammal relatives were already exploiting freshwater habitats long before the dinosaurs went extinct. The find adds to growing evidence that some small mammals diversified into varied lifestyles while dinosaurs dominated the land. Details of the fossil and its age remain scarce in early coverage.
Why now: Fresh fossil discoveries of mammals from the Mesozoic era routinely attract wide interest
otter-like mammaldinosaursMesozoic era
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